Smart symbol properties

• Smart symbols can be saved in a folder of the Smart symbols library or as individual Nemetschek smart symbol files (extension .nmk) in any folder.
• Smart symbols take up less space. Once you have placed a smart symbol, all the other instances of the smart symbol simply reference the first instance. This means that, regardless of how many times you actually place a smart symbol, only the disk space for a single instance is required (as opposed to symbols).
• Using Modify Smart Symbol to modify an instance of a smart symbol automatically modifies all the instances of the smart symbol in the same drawing file.
• After you have placed a smart symbol, it no longer references the smart symbol stored in the library. This means that overwriting a smart symbol in the catalog with another smart symbol will not affect the instances of the original that have already been placed. If you have the Smart Symbols module, you can also use Update Smart Symbols Placed from Catalog to update placed instances of the smart symbol.
• Checking for design alternatives is drastically simplified. With smart symbols, you can replace all instances of a smart symbol or just a single instance.
• In conjunction with the Object Manager module, smart symbols can be assigned attributes (e.g. item number, price) for subsequent analyses in reports.